Cape Cod Ledger

Barnstable High School had the highest enrollment among Barnstable County schools, welcoming 1,756 students during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 52.7% of them were boys, 46.9% were girls, and 0.4% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 51.5% of Barnstable High School's total enrollment.

Among the 49 schools in Barnstable County, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 922 students, while Sandwich Middle High School welcomed 912 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.

Barnstable High School is part of Barnstable Public Schools, which roughly covers schools within Barnstable County and has a main office in Hyannis.

In the previous school year, Barnstable High School also had the highest number of students among Barnstable County schools.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, according to state data from 2024. Hispanic and Latino students come in second, making up 25.1% of the state's student body.

Across the state, Hispanic and Latino students suffered the highest high school dropout rates (4.4%) in the 2022-23 school year, while also recording the lowest graduation rates (78.9%) in Massachusetts in 2023.

Underrepresentation is also found among educators in Massachusetts. The Rennie Center reported that only 9% of teachers are people of color.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Barnstable High School	Hyannis	1,756
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School	South Yarmouth	922
Sandwich Middle High School	East Sandwich	912
Sturgis Charter Public School	Hyannis	826
Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technical School	Bourne	826
Nauset Regional High School	North Eastham	751
Falmouth High School	Falmouth	727
Monomoy Regional High School	Harwich	719
Barnstable United Elementary School	Marston Mills	706
Oak Ridge School	East Sandwich	674
Cape Cod Region Vocational Technical School	Harwich	663
Barnstable Intermediate School	Hyannis	639
Mashpee Middle-High School	Mashpee	620
Forestdale School	Sandwich	543
Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate School	South Yarmouth	510
Nauset Regional Middle School	Orleans	485
Morse Pond School	Falmouth	480
Harwich Elementary School	Harwich	464
Lawrence School	Falmouth	459
Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School	South Yarmouth	445
Bourne Middle School	Bourne	440
Station Avenue Elementary School	South Yarmouth	432
Bournedale Elementary School	Bournedale	429
Monomoy Regional Middle School	Chatham	414
Quashnet School	Mashpee	408
Kenneth Coombs School	Mashpee	402
West Villages Elementary School	Marstons Mills	399
Mullen-Hall School	Falmouth	376
Bourne Intermediate School	Bourne	359
Ezra H. Baker Innovation School	West Dennis	357
Hyannis West Elementary School	Hyannis	342
Bourne High School	Bourne	335
Barnstable Community Innovation School	Hyannis	309
East Falmouth Elementary School	East Falmouth	298
North Falmouth Elementary School	North Falmouth	297
Marguerite E. Small Elementary School	West Yarmouth	275
Centerville Elementary School	Centerville	260
Teaticket School	East Falmouth	255
West Barnstable Elementary School	West Barnstable	253
Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School	East Harwich	251
Stony Brook Elementary School	Brewster	229
Eddy Elementary School	Brewster	205
Eastham Elementary School	Eastham	176
Enoch Cobb Early Learning Center	Hyannis	153
Chatham Elementary School	Chatham	149
Orleans Elementary School	Orleans	142
Provincetown Schools School	Provincetown	137
Wellfleet Elementary School	Wellfleet	91
Truro Central School	Truro	91